Community Access

Interview with Principal Shawn True about the incredible opportunities awaiting students at Hill Regional Career High School!

The Connecticut Education Foundation is excited for Read Across Connecticut

What a lovely conversation with Kristie Gonsalves, Show Organizer of the CT Flower & Garden Show and Polly Brooks, President of The Federated Garden Clubs of CT!

InterCommunity inspires hope and promotes whole person health by providing high quality, affordable, compassionate healthcare for everyone.
INTERVIEW WITH: Kimberly L. Beauregard, LCSW, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of InterCommunity Healthcare Inc.
InterCommunity, Inc. is a FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center). Our community health center provides same-day primary care services to every member of the community who walks in, regardless of life situation or ability to pay. We also provide a wide range of behavioral health and addiction recovery services. Our offices are located at 281 Main Street in East Hartford, CT, at 16 Coventry Street in Hartford, CT, and 828 Sullivan Avenue in South Windsor, CT. Our administrative office is located at 800 Connecticut Boulevard, 4th Floor, in East Hartford, CT.

Simon Davies: Executive Director, Teen Cancer America

Now in its tenth year, Simon leads Teen Cancer America, the only national charity in the USA working directly with hospitals to advise, support and fund them in the development of specialized facilities and programs for adolescents and young adults with cancer. The charity is built on the successful model of Teenage Cancer Trust, UK where Simon was Chief Executive Officer for 13 years before launching Teen Cancer America in 2012. His early career was in the management of substantial social and health care services in the fields of Learning Disability and Mental Health. He has been awarded an honorary Doctorate in Education by the University of Coventry, UK for his service development work and the advancement of professional education in the field of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer. Simon has developed an international reputation for success in bringing about change within traditionally structured health systems.

Promise Boys is a debut YA thriller by writer-filmmaker, Nick Brooks in which three boys at an urban charter school investigate their principal’s murder during a high-stakes 24-hour day. It is a page-turning, murder mystery thriller that shines a light on themes of social justice and educational inequities, shaping this novel to be both a commercial and literary blockbuster. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Brooks worked as an educator with at-risk youth, and Promise Boys reflects his firsthand experience at how the system can condemn these boys to failure before they’ve even had a chance at success, despite the media fanfare often awarded to urban academies. “Promise Boys is a classic whodunit that mystery fans will love. But even more than that it’s a social thriller, told through the perspective of Black and Brown boys, that highlights the inequity in our education system,” said Brooks. “This is a story that needs to be told, to speak for our kids who far too often are unable to advocate for themselves and to inspire them to tell their own story." An essential book for today's reader, that also has the potential to be an influential part of the literary canon for decades to come.